‘I wouldn’t like to start out on the property ladder again’Me & My Money: I put my energy now into running a successful business but also into my well-being’, says travel executive Mary McKennaMon Apr 01 2024 - 06:00
Oisín Leech: ‘I’m a much bigger dosser than you might think, but when I was writing these songs I worked incredibly hard for a year’Clued-in fans would know the musician as one half of The Lost Brothers, but the solo work that began as something to pass the time during lockdown soon turned into an idea he couldn’t ignoreMon Apr 01 2024 - 05:00
The Guide: Jazzy, Kormac, Paco Peña and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 30th-April 5th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
The Staves: All Now – Life-affirming songs from Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor For their fifth album, the two remaining sisters focus on aspects of womanhood and their disdain for the music industryThu Mar 28 2024 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: How many women’s names are in the song titles of Lennon/McCartney?Plus: Who is the latest pop singer to feature on a collectable coin from the Royal Mint?Wed Mar 27 2024 - 05:00
Best new music books: A treat for Springsteen fans; a unique angle on Bowie; and a memoir from a cult hedonistInsights into Jarvis Cocker’s disillusionment with fame; The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s music and drug habits, and moreTue Mar 26 2024 - 05:00
Annalise Murphy: ‘I need money to live, but I know it will never buy me happiness’ ‘After so many years in sport, I know nothing is a given,’ says the Olympic medallistMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
Elbow’s Guy Garvey: ‘I have a long history of failed relationships, toxic and drug-fuelled’It makes for great song material, says the frontman of Elbow, who have just released their 10th album, Audio VertigoSun Mar 24 2024 - 05:15
The Guide: John Mayer, DJ Shadow, Emma Doran and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 23rd-29th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:00
Anamoe Drive: Breakfast in Bed – Like all your treasured singer-songwriters put through a sonic wringerThumper singer Oisín Leahy Furlong’s debut solo album is the yin to Thumper’s yang, a delicate, un-self-pitying collection of heartbreak songsThu Mar 21 2024 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: What is the title of Lana Del Rey’s upcoming country music album?Plus: What is the greatest debut album of all time, according to Rolling Stone magazine?Wed Mar 20 2024 - 05:00
My best value for money purchase? A good mattressMe & My Money: Grainne O’Keefe, chefMon Mar 18 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: St Patrick’s Festival Quarter, Liam Gallagher and John Squire, and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 16th-22nd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well – Politically aware and personally revealing, this one’s a genuine growerDeeper Well features Musgraves taking another creative turn. Ring it up as another jewel in the crownThu Mar 14 2024 - 05:30
St Patrick’s Day Special Music Quiz: On which Dublin street was this photo of The Commitments taken?Test your knowledge of Irish music down the years with these 10 questionsWed Mar 13 2024 - 05:00
Emma Doran: ‘I was a single parent at 18, so I started saving for a house’Me & My Money: Emma Doran speaks about her most extravagant purchase and how she’s saved from a young ageMon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Tommy Tiernan, The Sultans of Ping and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 9th-15th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 09 2024 - 05:00
Chequerboard: Souvenir – It’s been 11 years since the Dublin artist’s last album, and the wait has been worth it This union of electro-acoustic, minimalistic and postclassical is a work of rare beautyThu Mar 07 2024 - 05:00
Terry Prone: ‘If I bought shares, my socialist father would turn in his grave’Me & My Money: Terry Prone, chairwoman of The Communications ClinicMon Mar 04 2024 - 06:00
Jah Wobble: ‘When I was much younger I drank like an Irishman’Writing Dark Luminosity, his memoir, has been more cathartic for the London-Irish musician than he expected it to beMon Mar 04 2024 - 05:00
Five days in Las Vegas: Get lost in the city of Sin and SphereWhat is left to do in Vegas once you’ve seen U2 at Sphere? Plenty - just try to hang on to your walletSun Mar 03 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Imagining Ireland, Rick Astley, Pixies and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 2nd-9th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 02 2024 - 05:00
Mark Geary: In the Time of Locusts – Thoughtful, gracefully melodic songs that transport you The Dubliner, one of Ireland’s best songwriters, has never wavered from his commendable craft in the face of commercial indifferenceThu Feb 29 2024 - 05:00
From The Beatles to Sugababes to Rolling Stones: The pain of the almost-band-member‘I remember when they headlined Glastonbury… I was sat at home, on my own’. Bands changing their line-ups is a cutting moment for the unwanted memberWed Feb 28 2024 - 05:15
The Music Quiz: How many US presidents does Billy Joel namecheck on We Didn’t Start the Fire?Plus: Bonzo Goes to Bitburg is The Ramones’ 1-2-3-4 commentary on which president?Wed Feb 28 2024 - 05:00
‘I have lost money on all my albums. I would be a chief financial officer’s worst nightmare, if I had one’Me & My Money: Mike Hanrahan of Stockton’s WingMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Rhiannon Giddens, OMD, Diversity and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 24th-March 1st, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 24 2024 - 04:00
Conor Furlong: 2019-2023 – A perfect introduction to a studio hermit’s creative talentsAlbum encompasses a breadth of song styles that tip the hat to genres without slavishly sticking to rulesThu Feb 22 2024 - 05:00
Boy bands music quiz: Which Irish group once earned £2.5m for a private gig for the Sultan of Brunei? Plus: What age was Robbie Williams when he joined Take That?Wed Feb 21 2024 - 05:00
‘After Eircom I decided I should stay away from things I know nothing about’Me & My Money: Rachael English, broadcaster and author.Mon Feb 19 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Niall Horan, Pink Pantheress, Dublin International Film Festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 17th-23rd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:00
Katherine Priddy: The Pendulum Swing – a comforting throwback to 1960s folkWith echoes of Vashti Bunyan, Sandy Denny and Bridget St John winding through, these gorgeous, thoughtful songs showcase Priddy’s maturing skills as a songwriterThu Feb 15 2024 - 05:00
Valentine’s Day Music Quiz: Who’s that duetting with Erykah Badu on Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)?Plus: What kind of character is Natalie Merchant singing about?Wed Feb 14 2024 - 05:00
‘A coffee in the sun by the sea with a friend will always be my top purchase’Me & My Money: Cherie White, costume designer and makerMon Feb 12 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Gruff Rhys, Sister Act and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 10th-16th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 10 2024 - 05:00
Driven Snow: A Kind of Dreaming – Former members of Irish bands Delorentos and Republic of Loose get together with impressive resultsAlbum review: Debut album from Driven Snow is full of sublime acoustic pop-folk worthy of attentionThu Feb 08 2024 - 05:45
The Music Quiz: What does Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey say is his favourite Thin Lizzy song?Plus: Whose life story will be presented entirely through Lego animation?Wed Feb 07 2024 - 05:00
Sonya Lennon: After I hit 50, I began to appraise how I spent my time, energy, and money Me & My Money: The businesswoman says: ‘Any entrepreneur who hasn’t lost money isn’t doing it properly’Mon Feb 05 2024 - 05:45
The Guide: Bill Bailey, Róisín Murphy and lots more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 3rd-9th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 03 2024 - 05:00
Wild Colonial Boys is hard to beatHis band, writes Burgess ‘were effectively written out of the Good Vibes history by a small cabal of devotees’Sat Feb 03 2024 - 00:01
Patterns on the Window: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 – An antidote to Top of the Pops limpnessA 66-song compilation of art-pop saviours away from the anodyne mainstreamThu Feb 01 2024 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: Who’s the boxer among the famous faces on the cover of Band on the Run?Plus: The title of Pillow Queens’ new album, Name Your Sorrow, is inspired by which Irish poet?Wed Jan 31 2024 - 05:00
‘We have come to our senses, and we just buy eggs [now]’ Me & My Money: Fergus Sheil, artistic director of the Irish National OperaMon Jan 29 2024 - 06:00
MayKay: ‘I’m bad at knowing my worth. I’d like to be a lot braver’The frontwoman of Fight Like Apes, now the presenter on Other Voices, excels at making fellow musicians feel at easeSun Jan 28 2024 - 05:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they endJanuary 27th-February 2nd: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Jan 27 2024 - 03:00
NewDad: Madra – Galway shoegaze revivalists are soft as silk yet have the crunch of a bear trapTheir cross-generational appeal is as broad as it is long, and within that demographic lies potential successThu Jan 25 2024 - 05:45
The Music Quiz: From which Donegal town is teenage blues guitar sensation Muireann Bradley from?Plus: Whose song opens the new season of True Detective?Wed Jan 24 2024 - 05:00
‘I don’t necessarily believe that a cheaper price equates to savings’Me & My Money: Siobhán Finn, CEO, Community Enterprise Association IrelandMon Jan 22 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endJanuary 20th-26th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Jan 20 2024 - 05:00
The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend – Dreamy 1980s jangle pop washed with lean muscularityThe four-piece formed in 2018 around a communal hub of fellow musicians that gathered at their city’s famed Amoeba Music emporiumThu Jan 18 2024 - 05:00
